March 17, 2007 at 01:27Microsoft pursues British cybersquatters
Microsoft takes up the war against foreign cybersquatters, seeks compensation for losses from five companies from the UK that registered domain names that violate their trademarks and trademarks.
The software giant began fighting American cybersquatters in August last year with an attempt to stop illegal domain registrations containing Microsoft trademarks and product names.
Over the past six months, Microsoft has removed more than 1,100 illegal domain names whose purpose was users who dialed non-Microsoft addresses (for example, w i indowsvista.com) in the hope of finding genuine information about Windows Vista.
“With every clicked sponsored link, a cybersquatter or network of advertising sites makes money at the expense of trademark owners,” said Microsoft lawyer Aaron Kornblum in a statement.
The Redmond company contacted these five British companies through a legal representative and asked them to fulfill various conditions, including a ban on such actions in the future.
The corporation also said it had reached an agreement with Dyslexic Domain Company Ltd and received cash payments from a British company, according to Microsoft, which has registered more than 6,000 domains.
The company also filed three new lawsuits in the United States and amended one petition filed in August, adding the names of defendants whose names were hidden at the time.
“The Internet is a huge platform for domain name speculators,” said Jonathan Robinson, chief operating officer of NetNames , a domain management company for other companies.
“There are a number of professional organizations that make a fortune on registering slightly altered, or misspelled, names of famous brands,” says Robinson.
Microsoft recalls that the use of its trademark violates the American Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999, according to which anyone should be fined $ 100 thousand if they use the same, similar, or changed brand in the name in order to benefit from this. However, despite this, the number of cybersquatters does not decrease.
The software giant began fighting American cybersquatters in August last year with an attempt to stop illegal domain registrations containing Microsoft trademarks and product names.
Over the past six months, Microsoft has removed more than 1,100 illegal domain names whose purpose was users who dialed non-Microsoft addresses (for example, w i indowsvista.com) in the hope of finding genuine information about Windows Vista.
“With every clicked sponsored link, a cybersquatter or network of advertising sites makes money at the expense of trademark owners,” said Microsoft lawyer Aaron Kornblum in a statement.
The Redmond company contacted these five British companies through a legal representative and asked them to fulfill various conditions, including a ban on such actions in the future.
The corporation also said it had reached an agreement with Dyslexic Domain Company Ltd and received cash payments from a British company, according to Microsoft, which has registered more than 6,000 domains.
The company also filed three new lawsuits in the United States and amended one petition filed in August, adding the names of defendants whose names were hidden at the time.
“The Internet is a huge platform for domain name speculators,” said Jonathan Robinson, chief operating officer of NetNames , a domain management company for other companies.
“There are a number of professional organizations that make a fortune on registering slightly altered, or misspelled, names of famous brands,” says Robinson.
Microsoft recalls that the use of its trademark violates the American Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999, according to which anyone should be fined $ 100 thousand if they use the same, similar, or changed brand in the name in order to benefit from this. However, despite this, the number of cybersquatters does not decrease.